I know, I know- this looks like a ghastly choice for a photo challenge. It lacks any visual interest whatsoever. Frankly, it’s just plain boring. But not everything is so clear-cut black and white. This is a photo I took on Robben Island, off the coast of Cape Town in South Africa. I was in […]
Day #9,467-69: After 40 hours of traveling from LA to DC to Senegal to Johannesburg, the newly married Mr. M & I touched down in the city of Durban on South Africa’s eastern seaboard. It was midnight and the first time my feet had ever stood on foreign soil. My first night abroad was not […]
A little because I hate air travel, a little because I love trains, and mostly because it just seemed like a very cool way to see the middle of the country, Mr. M & I took a 2-night rail trip from Pretoria to Cape Town on our honeymoon in South Africa. It was agonizingly expensive (just […]
Some moments- including all 9 hours of the Planet Earth DVD box set- make my heart swell in overwhelming gratitude to be living here amidst the gorgeous magic of nature. On the days when I’m lucky enough to capture these moments on camera, it seems best to let the pictures speak (mostly) for themselves. Mostly. It’s […]
Day #9,473: One of the things that struck me most about Africa- this being my very first international trip- was the lack of warnings. No ‘Stay Back From Cliff!’ or ‘Slippery, No Running!’ or ‘May Cause Cancer!’ South Africa requires you to be adult about things; it expects you’ll make sane choices and leaves you […]
“Kah-lee-for-nyah?” The lone English speaker at Shangana Village in South Africa smiled graciously. “Where is this place? Is it far from here?”